Salvador Dali:'Begun in 1944, this work was completed in six months, working three hours a day. I called it Galarina because Gala is to me what La Fornarina was to Raphael. And, without any premeditation, here again we have…the bread!' - art-Dali.com

Jeanne Samary was one of the most celebrated actresses at the Comédie-Française when she first sat for Auguste Renoir in 1877 . Over the next three years, Renoir depicted Samary in no fewer than eight oils and four pastels, more than any other single sitter. - art-Renoir.com